Bathroom fixture bracket



May 29, 1962 K. l.. FIEBELKORN BATHROM FIXTURE BRACKET Filed Jan. 16,1959 www 'allllllllllll INVENToR. 59 F/Ezfeo/QA/ -reeel 3,036,803BATHROOM FIXTURE BRACKET Kenneth L. Fiebelkorn, Monterey Park, Calif.,assignor to Raymond A. Cooper, San Gabriel, Calif. Filed Jan. 16, 1959,Ser. No. 787,191 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-223) This invention relates to abracket or attaching means for attaching fixtures to the walls of bathor other rooms such as towel bars, soap dishes, toothbrush holders andthe like.

One of the problems of maintaining modern bathyrooms is the necessityfor cleaning the walls adjacent the usual bathroom fixtures, `and asthese fixtures are not generally mounted for easy removal to permit`such a uniform cleaning, the result often is a discoloration of thewalls adjacent the fixture brackets.

It is accordingly one object of this invention to provide a quick andpositive method for releasably attaching and detaching bathroom xturesfrom the walls which is, however, free from the danger of accidentaldisplacement.

The invention is described herein in connection with one post only of atowel bar but it will be appreciated that the invention is applicable tothe complete line' of bathroom wall accessories.

The invention will be understood from the annexed drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a side view partly in section of a towel bar embodying thepresent invention.

FIGURE 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a section taken along the line 4 4 of FIGURE 1 showing themechanism in the process of being installed or removed.

FIGURE 5 is a perspective elevation of the attaching bracket.

FIGURE 46 is a fragmentary end perspective of the towel bar post.

FIGURE 7 is a view similar to FIGURE 5 showing the bracket in one stageof assembly.

FIGURE 8 is a fragmentary end view of the middle supporting shoulder innally assembled form.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a towelbar indicated generally by the numeral 10 and including a bar 11 fittedin end sockets 12 and 13 carried by posts 14 and 15. The base `16 ofeach post is a hollow shell, and at one end of the hollow shell there isformed a pair of holes 17 and 18 in the end Wall 19, which holes, asshown in FIGURE 3, are preferably formed at an angle rather than beingdrilled straight in. The other end wall of the base 16 is provided witha single central hole 20 which is enlarged as at 2.1.

An attaching bracket is provided which is indicated generally by thenumeral 25 and includes a plate 26 which is bent inwardly as at 27 and28 to form a pair of spaced tabs, Pins 29 and 30 having their free endsdisposed at an angle complementary to the angle of the holes 17 and 13are carried by the plate 26 as indicated. Material is punched up fromthe plate 26 as `at 31 and 3-2, and the tabs thus formed are drilled toform holes 33 and 34. As indicated in FIGURE 7, the hole 33 is muchlarger than the hole 34. A rod 35 carrying a collar 36 is provided witha coil spring 37 surrounding the same.

Referring now more particularly to FIGURE 7, there is illustrated amanner of assembling the bracket 25.

ited States Patent ice The rod 35 with the coil spring 37 thereon isinserted through the hole 33 of tab 31 until the coil spring 37 haspassed completely beyond the hole 33. The tab 31 is then flattened asshown in FIGURE 8 to prevent the coil spring and consequently the rod 35from escaping. It will be appreciated that the end 38 of the rod 35 hasentered the hole 34 and the space 39 between the two tabs `27 and 28.

The plate 26 is provided with a plurality of holes it? for attaching theplate to the wall of a building by means of screws 41.

In order to attach the towel bar to a wall having a pair of plates 26attached to the wall, the posts 14 and 15 are attached to the bracket asindicated in FIGURE 4 by slipping the same over the ends of the pins 29and 30, such pins entering the holes 17 and 18. The other end of thebase 16 will slip over the tabs 27 and 28, and as this is done the end38 of the rod 35 will enter the enlarged portion 21 of hole 20 thusreleasably securing the post to the bracket. It will be appreciated thatone end of the coil spring 37 abuts the tab 31 and the other end abutsthe collar 36 thus tending to bias the rod 35 towards the enlargedportion 21 of the hole 2t), but that if it becomes desir-able to removethe towel bar from the wall, as for instance in cleaning the wall, it isonly necessary to insert a pin in the hole 20, depress the rod 35 bycompressing the spring 37 to release the upper end of the base 16, afterwhich, of course, the lower end can be slipped off the pins 29 and 30.It will also be appreciated that the hole 20 is in practice madeextremely small so as to insure against any accidental penetrationthereof and a consequent accidental release of the towel bar, and thefixture is thus securely attached to the wall until such time as a smalltool, such as a pin, is purposely inserted in the hole 20.v

While there has been described what is at present considered thepreferred embodiment of the invention, it will be understood thatvarious changes and alterations may be made therein without departingfrom the essence of the invention and it is intended to cover herein allsuch changes and alterations as come within the true scope and spirit ofthe annexed claims.

I claim:

1. An apparatus for attaching -a fixture to a wall comprising: a posthaving one end in the form of a hollow shell having opposed end Walls; apair of holes in one end wall and a single hole in the other end wall; aplate adapted to be afiixed to a wall; a pair of fixed pins carried bysaid plate and extending in one direction therefrom; a movable pincarried by said plate and extending in the opposite direction from saidfixed pins; spring means carried by said plate and biasing said movablepin in said opposite direction; and said pair of holes being arranged toreceive said fixed pins and said single hole being arranged toreleasably receive said single pin.

2. A wall bracket for attaching fixtures to a wall comprising: a plateadapted to be affixed to a wall; a pair of fixed pins carried by saidplate and extending in one direction therefrom; a movable pin carried bysaid plate and extending in the opposite direction from said xed pins-said movable pin having a collar; a pair of spaced tabs projectingoutwardly from said plate having aligned holes therein said movable pinbeing disposed in said aligned holes; a coil spring wound about saidmovable pin with one end engaging said collar and the other end engagingone of said tabs to bias said movable pin in said opposite direction.

3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 in which said movable pin isprovided with a collar; a pair of spaced tabs is provided projectingoutwardly from said plate having a pair of aligned holes therein, saidmovable pin being mounted in said aligned holes and a coil spring;

.a coil spring about said movable pin with one end engaging said collarand the other engaging a portion of one of said tabs.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS PrazmoApr. 25, 1916 De Vries July 27, 1937 Sladek Oct. 17, 1939 HallenscheidApr. 6, 1943 Lukala July 9, 1957

